Ford directors are preparing to promote Mark Fields to COO from president of the Americas, a move that anoints him as probable successor to CEO Alan Mulally, a person familiar with the plan told Bloomberg.
Also in this episode: Honda releases detailed information on the redesigned Accord, and Chrysler Group brands plan for
The Toyota brand is changing its advertising tag line to 'Let's Go Places,' replacing 'Moving Forward,' its slogan since 2004.
There are probably 1,000 reasons why a motorcycle design that uses a pair of rubberized spheres instead of wheels cannot and will not work. But don't tell the engineering students at San Jose State University that.
Patrick Pelata, former chief operating officer of Renault, has joined US software firm Salesforce.com.
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A third of new cars registered may be pre-registered, according to data from valuation expert CAP
A few weeks ago, we showed you photos of a camouflaged Jaguar F-Type testing in Colorado.
We love bench racing at Autoweek almost as much as we love real racing. It's definitely cheaper and unlike most other forms of racing, it's still feasible during the six months out of the year when it snows in Michigan.
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan pressed the Department of Energy in 2008 to write rules for electric-car loans that could have risked almost as much federal money as was lost when Solyndra LLC went bankrupt.
Labor groups in the United States early this year began a campaign to persuade President Barack Obama to clamp down on imports of auto parts from China, which they said are unfairly subsidized and threatened 1.6 million jobs in all 50 states.
The SMMT has welcomed a policy initiative by the UK government today that stresses the need for an active industrial policy and sets up a government backed business bank to lend money to UK companies.
BMW's Rolls-Royce unit has announced the oepning of more retail presence in Japan and reported strong sales of its Phantom Series II in the country.
ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: This 2012 Land Rover Range Rover
Volkswagen said global deliveries of its core VW-brand vehicles increased by 19.7 percent to 466,300 in August, extending the year-to-date gain by 11.5 percent to 3.7 million.
New vehicle sales in Vietnam fell by 55.7% to 6,666 units in August, compared with the 9,616 units sold a year earlier, according to data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association.
Nissan Motor has revealed plans to build an SUV based on the Navara pickup truck platform after the current model is replaced in the next year or so.
A government-commissioned report into the financial health of PSA has found that job cuts and restructuring at the automaker are unavoidable to safeguard its future as it struggles with a tough European car market and too much production capacity.
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